Nowadays,with the mobile devices becoming widespread, such processes as individual learning, place and time independent learning, aiming to access information, have emerged in the public. In order to be able to access information when needed, the significance of the mobile devices has increased. With these devices, learning activities of people have become more useful and faster. Mobile applications are required in order to access information swiftly with the mobile devices. Thanks to mobile applications, people can gather information about anything they don’t have any idea or they can improve themselves. As mobile applications appeal to many sense organs, permanent learning can be facilitated.
This study was carried out in order to design a quantification instrument to analyze usage of mobile applications for educational purposes by university students. In the development stage of the scale, studies on content validity, pre- application, construct validity and internal consistency were carried out. For content validity, opinions of 11 different academicians were analyzed. Pre-application was done in a sample of 21 people. For construct validity and internal consistency reliability studies, data of 408 university students was used. At the end of the study, the scale was comprised of 6-factor pattern. By looking at the items below each factor, the factors were named and the final state of the scale got shaped.
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Publication Date | October 31, 2017 |
Submission Date | August 8, 2016 |
Acceptance Date | October 29, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017 Volume: 2017 Issue: 9 |